September 25, 2017, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsA nomad’s writing finds a home Q&A with Michael Ondaatje Michael Ondaatje began his career as a poet but is best known as the author of the 1992 Booker Prize-winning novel The English Patient, which was made into a critically-acclaimed motion picture. He was born in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) in 1943; he moved to Canada… read more
July 5, 2017, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + EventsInstructions for reading aloud in the Gutenberg Bible As many readers of this blog will know, Johann Gutenberg and Johann Fust’s Biblia latina (Mainz, 1454–1455) represents the first substantial book printed from moveable type on a printing press. Without question, it is a milestone in information technology. And yet, it is important to remember that
June 28, 2017, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingThe computer poetry of J. M. Coetzee’s early programming career Writer J. M. Coetzee’s early poetry is almost undecipherable. That’s because it was written in computer code. Coetzee’s global reputation rests on his literary output, for which he received a Nobel Prize in 2003. Before he embarked on a career as a scholar and writer, the South African–born writer was… read more
